English Dictionary

molasses

IPA（発音記号）

[məˈlæ.sɨz]

名詞

不可算名詞 通常 アメリカ英語 比喩的用法 スコットランド英語 活用形 廃用 複数形 稀用

A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.

日本語の意味

糖蜜（とうみつ）：サトウキビから搾り出された濃厚で甘いシロップ。特に、原糖蜜を煮詰めて作られる、より濃厚で甘いシロップを指す。

She stirred a spoonful of molasses into the gingerbread batter to add a deep, caramelized sweetness.

彼女はジンジャーブレッドの生地に深いカラメルのような甘みを加えるために、スプーン一杯の糖蜜を混ぜた。

意味（1）

A thick, sweet syrup drained from sugarcane, especially (Canada, US) the still thicker and sweeter syrup produced by boiling down raw molasses.

Well, we had our breakfast of ship's bread and molasses, washed down with cannikins of something liquid - but not lovely.

意味（2）

(US) Any similarly thick and sweet syrup produced by boiling down fruit juices, tree saps, etc., especially concentrated maple syrup.

Boiled some cornstalk juice into molasses.

意味（3）

(figuratively) Anything considered figuratively sweet, especially sweet words.

‘You're the cutest thing here,’ whispered Clyde, hugging her fondly. ‘Gee, but you can pour on the molasses, kid, when you want to,’ she called out loud.

意味（4）

(Scotland, obsolete) plural of molass: molasses spirit, whiskey flavored with molasses.

意味（5）

(Scotland, rare, obsolete) Synonym of molass: molasses spirit, whiskey flavored with molasses.

意味（6）

(US, rare) plural of molass: molasses.

molass （ singular ）